Is it possible to draw a city and its inhabitants in a few minutes, do subway passengers and sellers on the market like being painted, how is Kyiv’s mood reflected in laconic sketches, and when a picture can reconcile friends?

Prospekt shopping mall invited 13 sketchers on the eve of the Artist's Day to find out how they highlight the key points, and remain free being alone with the city and with themselves. Urban sketching is a world movement of artists who make quick city sketches from nature. This is not an outdated cartoon genre and not a carefully traced portrait or landscape, but sketches that record time and place, telling a story.

Julia Keliukh
“Sketching for me, is first of all, an opportunity to have a good time with like-minded people. In a shopping mall you need to draw quickly, because the tempo is high, everybody moves. The mannequin in the window is the only thing that can be drawn for a long time. Here, some people noticed that I was sketching them, came up and wanted to look at my paintings. I was worried that they would be unhappy, but it turned out the opposite - they really liked them.
Here I first tried myself as a coach giving a master class. I was ready to talk about sketching to adults, but I didn’t expect to see a 12-year-old boy here. This is an interesting new experience.”
Source: http://project.weekend.today/prospekt_scetchers